Social Welfare Act 2016
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Social assistance payments (new rates) | ||
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25. (1) Schedule 4 (amended by section 4 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015 ) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 2 for Parts 1 to 3 of the said Schedule 4. | ||
(2) This section comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker’s allowance (other than where payable in accordance with section 148A of the Principal Act), pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 8 March 2017, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 13 March 2017, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 15 March 2017, | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner), jobseeker’s allowance payable in accordance with section 148A of the Principal Act and a payment referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act, on 16 March 2017, | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to carer’s allowance— | ||
(i) on 9 March 2017 in the case of a beneficiary who has, on that date, attained pensionable age, and | ||
(ii) on 16 March 2017 in the case of a beneficiary who has not, on 9 March 2017, attained pensionable age, | ||
(f) in so far as it relates to State pension (non-contributory) on 10 March 2017, and | ||
(g) in so far as it relates to blind pension, guardian’s payment (non-contributory), widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension, surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension and one-parent family payment (payable in respect of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner), on 17 March 2017. |